Chicago Public Square 2018 07 12
A forceful and angry defense of the FBI from an agent under fire.
I'm Charlie Meyerson with your Chicago Public Square Newscast.
In the heat of the 2016 presidential campaign, an FBI lawyer who was having an affair with counterintelligence agent Peter Strzok (struhk) texted him her concerns about that Donald Trump could become president. Strzok's answer then—"No he won’t. We’ll stop it"—landed him in front of Congress Thursday, where he forcefully insisted his work has never been tainted by politics:
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Strzok did confirm that, during the 2016 campaign, he had details about Russian election interference—information that could have damaged the president, but he never considered leaking it. And he said congressional attention on him is misguided and plays into “our enemies’ campaign to tear America apart.”
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Victory in China. That's what Mayor Emanuel is declaring on his visit to Asia. After his a meeting overnight with China's vice president and officials of a Chinese company contracted to build 846 new CTA rail cars in Chicago, a news release from the mayor's office says the Chinese have committed to moving ahead with the largest deal in CTA history—despite President Trump's trade war with China.
But, as the Sun-Times' Fran Spielman notes, the news release didn't explain who'd foot the bill-- the Chinese or the CTA-- for tariffs the president is pushing to add to the raw materials from overseas, to be used on the project in Chicago.
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Finally …
A win for fast-food workers—and Illinois' attorney general, Lisa Madigan. She was among 11 attorneys general who just Monday announced a lawsuit against fast-food restaurants for their no-poach rules—forbidding their employees from switching jobs from one of a chain's franchised stores to another. Seven major chains, including McDonald's, Jimmy John's Arby’s and Carls Jr.—have agreed to stop doing that … nationwide.
I'm Charlie Meyerson and you’re listening to Chicago Public Square.
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